The Progress., 1887-11-19

street: Spies ana Parsons also smiled and
turned their heads 70 thoss behind them.
and watcned the adjustment of the cord With d
smile Of curious interest. Fischer held his
head high in air and actually looked amused.
| neck, then to Fischer's, Engers and Parsons
IN turn. The men still maintained their haugh-
ty bearing. The white caps were then drawn
over their heads, Spies having his face covered
| first: For some reason Fischer was skipped,
ara Bngel and Parsons were next covered with
For On Instant, thefe was dead silence.
and then o moufnful; solemh voice sounded
from behind the first fight=hand mask, and cut
the air like vail OF sorrow and Of warning.
Spies was speaking from behind his shroud.
The words seemed to drop into the cold, silent
air like pellets Of fire: Here Is what he said:
= It IS not meet that I should speak here,
,,1ere Waere my sience Is mofe terrible than my
Then deeper; stronger voice came out with
, muffled; mysterious ny CADENCE from behind the
spoke eight words: '"This is the happiest mo-
ment Of my life:''
o.. Bgt the hs1t voice that catches up the re-
melancholy wall was not ih it. 1t was harsh,
loud; exnltant: Engel was cheering for an
archy. Hurrah for anarthy! Hurrahr'. were
the M "a, last words and the last cheer Of George
But now the weird aid shastly scene was
brought to climax. Parspns alone remained
dreary lreproachful tone in it than oven in
Spies. May be allowed to speak? Oh, men
privilege Of speech even at the last moments
Hnrken to the voice of the people -"
There was Q sudden pause. Parsons never
crash; a siokening, cracking sound, and Spies,
Parsons; Fischer ind Engel were no more.
49, The drop was about five feet eight inches.
retreated about fifteen feet, and was
| twenty feet in width. The entire height
the structure {sa must have been
midway across the platform, and when the
rope was cut it treceded to the further end Of the
structure, leaving the four bodies suspended
employed for this purpose is somewhat pecul-
lar Connected with the box and platform was
stout rope which, when in a state OF tension,
the man in theabox placed keen chisel on
the rope, ands striking with mallet, the trap
The body Of spies struggled fearfullv at first,
Fischer did not move for moment or two, ,shnd
then he hung limp, but struggled for few mo-
rs, ments, during which his cowl was disarranged,
| turned around BY the physician who was ex-
amining the pulse. - ,s..,. .''...,.
Enge!,s body made scarcely a motion after It
had fallen. When Parsons body fell it re-
NAMED stationary for some moments. Then
the head nodded back and forth while the
upper, portion, of the body was con-
yHlsed 1Sas and seamaS the be bosom heaysd 50 hard
through the enyeloping shroud. With another
Violent thrOe Of the whole body the contest be
tween life and death ended and at the end of a
lew seconds moro than two minutes the doctor
declared Parsons to be dead. 5--' ts'E
The four physicians who examined respect
ively the bodies of Parsons, Engel and Fischer
from strangulation. The doctor who examined
Spies seemed to be in doubt as to whether the
latters neck was broken or not. The three
Spies neck was not broken, but that his strong
| convulsive motions were due to slight slip
ping Of & the rope to higher position on the
neck than 1t should have been,, Engle had his
! trachae or windpipe broken or rather torn.
When all the bodies had been arranged in
| the cof1ns, the physiciens made another ex-
animation, and then the lids were placed on
| the cofhns, and the work was done.
The condemned men directed that their
| bodies be turned over to their wives, except
Spies, who wanted his body given to his
mother. Their wishes will be respected, and
! Coroner Hertz has directed that the body OF
Lingg be gwen to Mrs Engel and the Garpen-
u1on n s'' with tLgs
| The news was received silently, almost sud-
I denly, by the crowd in the vicinity of the Jail,
| which soon melted away. It was estimated by
/ Lieutenant Steele that only about 5000 people
were in the crowd around the Jail, but they
were kept constantly moving. AS the crowd
were about to pass over Clark street bridge it
! the street. A man whose face and dress was
! that Of an artisan cried with a loud voice: 1.-THE
american people will be ashamed Of this. 1t is
! the murder of four brave menr' The people
| said not word
| The bodies OF the Anarchists were removed
from the jail in the afternoon. There was no
| quietly hurried off to two undertakers shops,
| where they were prepared for removal to the
residences Of their families. The bodies Of
Lingg and Engel were taken out Of the jail
| first Iingg had expressed desire to be buried
with his companions, and Coroner Hertz had
issued an order requiring that Lingg's body be
to these In charge Of Engr
! taken from the plain collins and placed
| In handsome black caskets. Engers face was
composed, and, aside from the dark circle
| around his neck, there was nothing to suggest
| that he had just died violent death Lingg' 8
! mangled face was swathed in bloody bandages,
was very pallid owing to the great loss OF
| blood.
The bodies. Of Spies; Fischer and Parsons
O'Clock. For Spies the hearses had been pro-
! vided. There was some trouble in getting away
from the crowd that tailed onto the last wagon,
annoyance. Followed by string of cabs and
preceded by carriage containing the commit
tee, the hearse and wagons moved speedily to
| Milwaukee avenue. ~ u +:SSs5'5 ~,
After Engers body had been prepared for
burial the undertaker permitted the large
Of Lingg being at that time not presentable.
Then poured through the small room hundreds
OF people. They were old neighbors of Engel,
| for his residence stood but two blocks away
! Mingling with them were many me.
choncs md glaborers, a few businessmen
| and many women, residents OF that vicinity,
| The sprinklin8 Of personal friends, of Engel
was very large, as was evinced by their re-
marks. TIE feelings exhibited, besides those
OF curiosity, were of pity and sympathy rather
than of vindlctiveness and revenge. The
1 crowd became so large that, with the aid of a
policeman the doors =, were closed after
! upward Of 1000 had viewed the remains.
Later in the afternoon the. cask.
ct with Engels remains was taken to, the
residence of his widow, 28f Milwaukee avenue,
twas followed by an immense throng Of peo-
OF, OF " which Oh was heavily testooned with
Grape, the great crowd there assembled
reyerently lifted their hats rs the
casket was borne through. The doors
were at once locked to all but few friends,
Half an hour later the remains of Lingg, fol-
lowed by great company, reached the resi-
dence, and the several hundred people stood
l with uncovered heads as it was carried in and
I deposited by the side OF Engel. Cries OF grief
| issued from the house. 44: 500
M one was permitted to view the remains OF
/ Parsons, Fischer and Spies last night A large
crowd gathered around the undertaker's office
and did not disperse until midnight About l(
O'clock the remains OF Spies were removed to
the residence of his mother, 154 Bryson street
The bodies OF the others will be taken to their
late residences this morning Mrs Parsonl
visited the establishment during the afternoon
Her face was haggard and careworn She